Fall 2019 Road Trip; Part III A; Small Maine Towns, Lobster Fishing And Harbors

The harbor in Camden, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 38mm; 1/1000th sec. @ f/8; ISO 200

The meandering up along the Maine coast continues.  We had no set agenda but just wanted to take several days and drive slowly north along the Maine coast visiting the small towns, shops and restaurants.  Of course, being who I am, I enjoy striking up conversations with local residents to better understand local culture.

One thing that was of interest to me was visiting some seaside towns that had the infrastructure in place to support lobster fishing.  I was interested in the harbors, waterways, docks, lobster pots, boats, fishermen, etc.  Most of the small towns we found had turned somewhat or very touristy in nature.  Only one that we visited, Stonington, lacked most of the tourist trendy restaurants, crowds and upscale shops.  

Back in the 1970s, on our first trip to Maine, a friend and his family drove us to Boothbay Harbor.  Back then, as best as I can remember, it was still small, rather quaint and not overrun with crowds.  Not today.  Today its hard to find parking anywhere (even early in the morning), shops crowd both sides of the streets and there are people everywhere.  I found it hard to find a place even to get to the water.  To me, what once made Boothbay Harbor a very pleasant destination, has now vanished and turned into just another tourist trap.  Sad.

Still, we enjoyed our explorations and wanderings.  I made images of what seemed interesting to me, both visually and documentary.  Here is the first series of images I made as worked our way up the Maine Coast.  Another series of similar image will follow.

Boothbay Harbor, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 75mm; 1/800th sec. @ f/5; ISO 200

"Cape Neddick Lobster Pound" near Ogunquit, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 12mm; 1/250th sec. @ f/6.3; ISO 200

The old wooden pier in Old Orchard Beach, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 38mm; 1/1000th sec. @ f/5.6; ISO 200

The harbor in Stonington, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 23mm; 1/1600th sec. @ f/8; ISO 200

The harbor in Owl's Head, Main (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 34mm; 1/1600th sec. @ f/5.6; ISO 200

Near Ogunquit, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 38mm; 1/320th sec. @ f/5.6; ISO 200

House on the Atlantic Ocean, Kennebunkport, Maine (click to enlarge)
Olympus E-M1 Mark II; 12-100mm f/4 PRO lens @ 14mm; 1/1000th sec. @ f/5.6; ISO 200

I have several additional images from the seaside towns that I will post tomorrow.

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Dennis A. Mook 

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